"We had two good practice sessions today. This morning, in P1, we
ran with the higher-downforce package, and the car felt good, but it
wasn't as fast along the straights as we've experienced in
the past.

"During P2, I was using a different downforce package to Jenson
-- running with a lower-downforce rear wing and without the F-duct
-- so we need to go through all the data tonight to decide which
approach works best. Both configurations were quick, so we're not
in a bad position.

"The two different packages felt fairly similar -- one is
slower down the straights but quicker through the corners, and the other
is quicker down the straights but slower through the corners -- and
they pretty much balance themselves out over the course of a lap.

"As I say, we haven't yet decided what to run tomorrow;
it's about determining which is better on high fuel, and whether
there's more potential in one over the other. We'll decide
this evening.

"I'm not totally sure how I managed to damage the front-wing
endplate this afternoon -- I may have clipped one of the kerbs, but
it was easily fixed and not a problem."

"Lewis and I were trying out different levels of downforce today
-- gathering data to see what works best around here. I stayed with
the F-duct and higher-downforce package, and was reasonably happy.

"The day started well for me, but as we changed more things I grew
just a bit less happy with the car. In general, however, it's
working well -- there are still a few improvements we need to make
to be completely happy, but that's mostly tweaking rather than
making big changes.

"We have a lot of data to go through, so it will be a busy night
tonight. But we're pretty competitive with both packages, which is
positive because it means the car is working efficiently. Our car is
mechanically strong, so we just need to confirm what downforce level to
run.

"The team are very open to the decisions the drivers take, and
Lewis and I will be able to choose the package that we feel is right for
us -- but it won't just be a driver decision, it will be made
with our engineers and the team management."

"Coming to a high-speed circuit like Monza without the benefit of
pre-race testing really sharpens your game. Today, we spent the day
running two significantly different bodywork iterations, trying both
high- and low-downforce configurations in an effort to understand their
effects -- not only on a flying lap but across the course of an
entire race.

"It's pleasing to report that both packages appear
competitive. Our aim now is to comprehensively analyse the data we
generated today in order to find the optimum path for each driver over
the course of the rest of the weekend.

"Given the amount of data, and the parity of each package,
that's no easy task -- but, as always, I'm entirely
confident that our engineering team will make the right decisions, and
that we'll be in the hunt for the remainder of the weekend."